Cruiseship "Marco Polo", Antarctic PeninsularTourism in Antarctica started with sea tourism in the 1960s. Air overflights of Antarctica started in the 1970s with sightseeing flights by airliners from Australia and New Zealand, and were resumed in the 1990s. Private...

By Peter Prokosch

Private Yacht at UK station Port Lockroy, Antarctic PeninsularTourism in Antarctica started with sea tourism in the 1960s. Air overflights of Antarctica started in the 1970s with sightseeing flights by airliners from Australia and New Zealand, and were resumed in the 1990s. Private...

By Peter Prokosch

Mountains and glaciers at Arctowski Peninsular, Orne Habor, Gerlache Strait, Antarctic peninsularOrne Habour (believed to have been named by Norwegian whalers before 1913) with its steep mountains and calving glaciers is often visited by cruise ships visiting the Antarctic peninsular.

By Peter Prokosch

Cape Horn, ChileCape Horn is the southernmost headland of the Tierra del Fuego archipelago of southern Chile, and is located on the small Hornos Island. Although not the most southerly point of South America (which are the Diego Ramírez...

By Peter Prokosch

Cape Horn, ChileCape Horn is the southernmost headland of the Tierra del Fuego archipelago of southern Chile, and is located on the small Hornos Island. Although not the most southerly point of South America (which are the Diego Ramírez...

By Peter Prokosch

Drake PassageThe Drake Passage are the waters between the southern tip of South America at Cape Horn, Chile and the South Shetland Islands of Antarctica. It connects the southwestern part of the Atlantic Ocean with the southeastern ...

By Peter Prokosch

Tourism in AntarcticaThe most visited part of Antarctica is the Antarctic Peninsular, opposite South America. The Antarctic Treaty provides guidelines, which have to be followed by tourists and expedition organizers. Tourist operators with s...

By Peter Prokosch

Tourist/photograther with Imperial Shags (Phalaracrocorax atriceps), Antarctic PeninsularThe most visited part of Antarctica is the Antarctic Peninsular, opposite South America. The Antarctic Treaty provides guidelines, which have to be followed by tourists and expedition organizers. Tourist operators with s...